Thanks to Neil and Graham for their hard work in putting on the Grantley event, which following the pandemic delays finally went ahead on a hot July day. Their race report is below.

The results from the event are here; and the updated league after three events is here – thanks to John Dixon for managing the league.

Next events: The next NYMBO events are scheduled for the August Bank Holiday weekend, at Malham on the Saturday and the Ebor White Rose on the Monday. We’ll confirm both those events just as soon as we have details available.

Grantley 17th July 2021 – Race Report

It was great to see such a good turnout given the blistering hot weather and the need to pre enter online.

This event was originally scheduled to take place in May 2020 from Sawley Village Hall but was obviously cancelled due to the pandemic. As we were unable to rebook Sawley we decided to move the event centre to Grantley which we last used in 2017.

Graham and I had hoped to plan a course with a variety of route choice and terrain. We also hoped that given the right conditions and riders it may have been possible to clear up. In that respect thanks to overall winner Andy Conn who almost proved us right, by visiting 27 of the 30 controls and finishing with 482 points. Congratulations also to the other category winners  Harry Kingston, ( M21 – 459 points), Paul Dobson (M60 – 360 points), John Dixon (M70 – 375 points), Naomi Malkin (W21 – 250 points), Carmen Elphick (W40 – 210 points) , Jill Ellison (W50 – 305 points) and Angela Brand-Barker (W60 – 265 points).

Despite our initial fears on seeing the majority of rider head north from the start, thereafter it appears there was a wide variety of route choices. Despite the heat, a few mechanicals and nettle / bramble scars it appears most of you enjoyed your rides and thanks for the positive comments.

It was good to see some new faces and hope you make to the next events and spread the word.  

Thanks to Dave Robertson for web support, Steve Willis for running the registration and Tim Evans who eventually arrived to oversee the download !

Also many thanks to Shelia Pearce, John Dixon and Tim Evans for volunteering to collect controls along with Graham and myself.    

Apologies for anyone I may have missed

Best Wishes

Neil Reed & Graham Tibbot (Planners)

The results from today’s hot event at Grantley can be found here

Hope everyone enjoyed their ride and has recovered, full report to follow.

Here’s the course map for the Grantley event next weekend.

Online entry is here.

It’s just under two weeks until our next event on Saturday July 17th. It’s a four hour event with the event centre at Grantley Village Hall.

Online Entry Saturday 17th (closes midnight Wednesday 14th)

We’ve kept event prices low this year:
Seniors £10;
Juniors, Students, Novices: £5
Own SI card – deduct £1

Remember it’s online entry only no entry on the day – blank course map will be available next weekend.

Event Centre: Grantley Village Hall – 4 miles west of Ripon HG4 3PJ (GR 233699)
Duration: 4 hours
Registration: 0915 – 1015
Start Time: 0930- 1030

The event will use the SI timing system and the controls will be SIAC enabled. If you need a dibber, these will be available at registration in the hall. .

Car Parking is in the school opposite Grantley Village Hall (for approx 20 vehicles). Additional car parking is available in a field approx 500m west along Skelding Lane (first turn L after the village hall then turn right after the second house into the field-  this will be signposted).

Tea, coffee, juice and biscuits will be available. There is also a pub next door (Grantley Arms) which according to their website should be open.

Bearing in mind this event was originally scheduled for 2020 the area is very similar to the  Markington event held in May 2021. As such it is undulating terrain with a good mix of singletrack,  tracks and roads and plenty of route choice for all.

As usual we will be asking for volunteers to collect the controls after the event – any volunteers are always much appreciated !

Neil Reed & Graham Tibbot